Posts tagged "rape"

Michigan State University selected conservative journalist and noted rape apologist George Will to speak at the university's commencement ceremony on Saturday and to receive an honorary doctorate of humanities. Will, who taught at the university for a brief period in the 1970s, penned a horrific op-ed in June in which he suggested that wome…

Activists have released a list of 11 demands for reform of the NYPD following the no-indictment decision on Eric Garner’s murder. [Huffington Post] The CIA torture report, Ferguson, and the NSA have shown us that only government authorities can do wrong and get away with it scot-free. [Daily Dot]…

Columbia student Emma Sulkowicz’s art performance, Carry That Weight, has topped Vulture’s list of 2014’s best art shows -- beating out even Kara Walker’s widely acclaimed A Subtletly. Sulkowicz has been carrying a mattress identical to the one on which she was raped everywhere she goes, by herself or with others, since September to…

I was a top model during the 70s, a period when drugs flowed at parties and photo shoots like bottled water at a health spa. I’d had my fun and experimented with my fair share of mood enhancers. I knew by the second sip of the drink Cosby had given me that I’d been drugged—and…

Even if Rolling Stone is dropping the ball on supporting their source, Jackie, in the UVA gang rape scandal, UVA itself isn’t backing down from their investigation. [Slate] Michelle Duggar’s campaign to repeal protections against housing and employment discrimination for LGBT people in Fayetteville, Arkansas has succeeded with Ordinance 119 being overturned. Why doe…

Speaking out was never about exposing the man who assaulted me. Rather, it was about exposing my shame, letting it dry out in the sun. I did not wish to be contacted by him or to open a criminal investigation. I am in a loving and peaceful place in my life and I am not…

Ta-Nehisi Coates explains why black lives didn’t and haven’t ever really mattered to The New Republic, in relation to last week’s staffing fiasco. [Atlantic] Regarding the UVA gang rape case and Rolling Stone’s retraction: it’s possible that journalism isn’t able to report on sexual assault with sensitivity, nuance, and truthfulness so long as it…

In her debut memoir, Not That Kind Of Girl, there's a scene in which Lena Dunham describes being raped by a fellow classmate when she was attending Oberlin College. The man is named "Barry" in the book and he's described as the "campus's resident conservative" who wore purple cowboy pants and worked at the library.

There is a tremendous divide between Black and White perceptions of the Mike Brown and Eric Garner cases, with the majority of White Americans convinced that race did not play a part in either case at all. [Pew Research] The mother of Tamir Rice, the 12-year-old who was shot and killed in Cleveland for…

Sigh. Here is your daily reminder that human beings can be really, really horrible. Charles C. Johnson (above), a former writer for the conservative Daily Caller and founder of GotNews, published what he claims sources told him is the real name of "Jackie," the woman featured in Rolling Stone's controversial UVA rape article. On Friday,…

A note: There's a lot of trigger-y, very heavy material in this particular essay, including descriptions of graphic fictional violence (in nightmares) and mentions of sexual violence. I included it to paint as clear a picture I could of what it feels like to have Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. All respect given to those who wish…

It's a little hard to read, but it says "RAPIST." Luckily for Cosby, the folks who take care of the Walk of Fame have surely cleaned the graffiti off his star by now. The entertainer's career and reputation, however, remain forever sullied by over 20 allegations of sexual assault and rape.

Earlier today, Rolling Stone dropped one hell of an editor’s note, in regards to a story they had published two weeks earlier -- a blistering investigative account of a brutal gang rape that took place at a fraternity house at the University of Virginia. The cowardly note, published on a Friday no less, came after…

Art has never imitated life so disgustingly. One of the biggest pornography companies in the world has launched a webseries called Border Patrol Sex that features American border patrol agents catching undocumented Mexican and Central American immigrant women attempting to cross the border, arresting them, handcuffing them, raping them, and the…

A New York grand jury decided not to indict the police officer who choked Eric Garner to death on camera after stopping him for selling loose cigarettes. [The Grio] In light of that, here’s hoping that…

Another day, another woman suing Bill Cosby for sexual assault. This time, the alleged victim says the entertainer molested her when she was just 15 years old. [People] Anyone else remember the episode of "30 Rock" that subtly called out Cosby as a rapist? [Jezebel] Oh yeah, and last night Cosby…

This past week, I’ve been both livid and mortified by the national news coverage of my beloved alma mater Eckerd College, thanks to the following letter from the university president, sent last Sunday to the entire student body: Dear Eckerd College students, As you know, the College has launched an educational and awareness campaign to…

Shia LaBeouf's "#IAMSORRY" collaborators are confirming his claim that he was raped by a woman who attended the performance art show earlier this year. Nastja Säde Rönkkö, speaking on behalf of herself and Luke Turner, tweeted: "A couple of important clarifications about our…

Remember earlier this year, when Shia LaBeouf held a silent performance art show called "#IAMSORRY" in Los Angeles? It was pretty much a rip-off of Marina Abramović's "The Artist Is Present," in that visitors got to interact with LaBeouf in, apparently, whatever way they wanted to. And according to an email interview LaBeouf did with…

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Taking a page out of those girls you went to high school with who can't stop smugly posting every detail of their perfect lives on Facebook, Lady Gaga shaded America's youngest grandma Taylor Swift just perfectly on Twitter yesterday. It all started when Jaime King's unborn child's godmother tweeted about Gaga, using the preferred…

Oh look, it's hottest DILF alive, Ryan Gosling, making a rare appearance in public grabbing lunch in LA today. And what's that I see? In addition to his perfectly worn T-shirt (that collar is stretched just so), hoodie and leather jacket, the Gos is rocking a few faint letters on his knuckles, spelling out the…